December 12th, 2025 — Two very large houses in the 3400 block of West 41st Avenue will soon be demolished to make way for a retirement home.
Category: Vanishing Vancouver
Vancouver special
November 9th, 2025 — A new type of Vancouver special, the six-plex, goes up next to a craftsman bungalow built almost a 100 years ago on West 11th Avenue.
It’s tall
March 26th, 2024 — The almost finished condo tower at Broadway and Granville photographed from 16th Avenue is the first of many planed for the Broadway corridor. Eventually the mountains behind will disappear from view.
All that’s left
January 21, 2025 — The remains of the Dunsmuir Hotel which was demolished over the weekend. 
Dunsmuir Hotel demo
January 18th, 2025 — Demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel at the corner of Dunsmuir Street and Richards Street.
Another one, dust
December 12th, 2024 — House at 3675 West 29th Avenue being demolished.
Oakridge
December 10th, 2024 — Houses in the 5500 block of Manson Street soon to be demolished and replaced with towers like those being built in the old Oakridge shopping center.
Joyce Road
December 2nd, 2024 — Four buildings soon to be demolished in the 5300 block of Joyce Road.
To be demolished
November 24th. 2024 — These four houses, almost new, the first two on West King Edward Blvd, the last two on South West Marine Drive are parts of land assemblies and will soon be demolished. Beautiful houses worth far less than the dirt they sit on.
Broadway plan
November 24th, 2024 — If you saw the previous day’s post you might wonder why 400 to 500 people of different backgrounds would gather at city hall to hear some speeches about zoning. The pictures below, all within a couple of blocks of 14th and Main, explain. They are of six old low rise apartments whose owners want to rezone so the buildings can be demolished and replaced with towers. The renters, despite assurances from the city a new home will be found for them, will be evicted and in a city with virtually no vacancies; have nowhere to go. This is known as the Broadway Plan.
November 24th. 2024 — 215-229 East 13th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 310 East 14th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 254 East 12th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 270 East 13th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 25-55 East 12th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 45 East 16th Avenue.